I feel like this could be easily abused to insult others and create unnecessary conflict... :-s

Does it matter actually? People usually blacklist for no reason at all. Imagine seeing reasons like "for the lols", "because I didn't win your giveaway", "to feel superior", "because my d*ck may get bigger that way", etc. :P

Usually they just blacklist people because they can't enter the GA whether it's because you put higher level of entry requirement or something like that. Or yeah, no reason at all that too.

It could work fine if implemented default answers to choose from.

if you care about being blacklisted even slightly, you will have a bad time here.

I'd say that I have an idea what for I got most of my blacklists. And so do probably most others with theirs. For the few uncertain blacklists, this imho hardly seems worth the turmoil that it would cause.

Misclick maybe... or maybe something offended them... but well I've ignore about such things that I remove all my blacklist :D

nope.

I am on 14 blacklists and at least one of them is beacuse I'm german and two time because I had a different opinion than the op...
If people think they should blacklist because of reasons like this, I don't want to read it ;)

For me na I can do without I only ever care about it when I first see it like hmm I wonder why then meh fuck it it's the persons choice to blacklist me or nae.

This could work like how you find out blacklisted by someone. Under the message of "You can't enter you are blacklisted" message you could write a reason and when that person finds out, he/she also finds out why they are blacklisted.

Edit: This will also help people who use blacklist to keep track of why they added them to blacklist.

I got a blacklist +1 today and all I did was being helpful in a couple of topics. It makes me wonder why....
People have the strangest reasons why to blacklist. Its best to leave it like its now, it would only lead to drama and more blacklisting.
It isnt a big deal really

I think it will just be another way to spam the messages.
Many people blacklist with no reason.
The best to do is don't care about that.

I don't think I would really want to know.

I'd love to have this with drop down options, but I think having a text field could do more harm than good.

EDIT: As an afterthought on your "I dont want to leave a comment when I Blacklist someone" option, I wonder if having to do that would lower the amount of blacklisting.

If someone blacklist you, it's his own problem, not yours

Who cares...

I would prefer if someone had the balls to comment and tell me they blacklisted me. I would even give them props for not being a little sissy - so when I blacklist them back, I'd be doing it with the utmost respect!

But sadly, nobody ever does. I always have to hunt them down q:

I think it would only lead to more conflicts. I'm on a few BLs myself even though I've never caused trouble in the forums or GA wise and I got most of them after making forum GAs, but I'm not curious why and even if I wouldn't be able to enter a GA because of it, I wouldn't ask.
Everyone has their own reasons for blacklisting, and I don't think the one who does it should have the obligation to justify themselves.

I have the feeling that this would give the whole blacklisting thing just a bigger meaning. The reasons, why people blacklist each other are so varied and certainly in many cases pretty silly. mine are sometimes
In the end blacklisting should just serve one purpose and that is so people can feel a bit better about giving away their games. Knowing that someone, that seems extremely aweful to them, could win their game might make people give up on the whole giving away thing.
So some sort of individual "filter" seems to be a good thing.
However, just because someone gets blacklisted doesn't mean they are a bad person. It just means that this particular gifter doesn't want to share with them anymore.

I feel that having to state a reason would just increase the drama.
We have all our weak moments and post sometimes kind of rude and stupid stuff, or break a rule, which we didn't understand or whatever. Making "mistakes" is just part of being human.
Having someone to state a reason, would be a constant reminder for a person that has been blacklisted, that they did something awefully wrong, although this was just the impression they made in an instance to this particular person. Someone who gets blacklisted might feel the need to defend themself afterwards, even though this isn't needed. Just because someone blacklists someone, doesn't mean there is some deeper "justice" in it.
When we get blacklisted we should just respect that ajd move on - those are someone elses's gifts we can't win anymore.

I think we would be all better off, if we would think more about who and why we use the blacklist function. I don't say it shouldn't be used,but not-blacklisting for every transgression might teach us, to be more understanding and helpful in the first place.
On the other side, we shouldn't get offended, if someone decides to put us on their "naughty list". If we are okay with the things we write and our actions we take, then it shouldn't bother us at all, when someone decides to blacklist us.

I really find it annoying that blacklist is even an option. I got like 20 blacklists because i didn't know the rules of this sites. Now it is 38 or something.

I don't care much about the reason, but I'd be happy to have a list of those who blacklisted me, so I can reciprocate the favor.

And what average user would do after reading (assuming someone bothers to write in english) for example, "regifter" or "leech"? Start ranting "dis not fair, yada, yada, unblacklist now" on forum and steam, or skips this and goes directly to insulting.

I fear the most commonly found reason would be "because I didn't like you" or "other".

Explicating reasoning behind blacklists would breed conformity. I found the possible implications like bending over for someone for the remote possibility of winning a game repulsive.

Sorry if that sounded ass-backwards, english is not my mother-tongue.

here's an exhaustive list of the reasons why you might get blacklisted:

Winner/Loser
Leech
Rulebreaker
Douche